Family Tradition chords by Lee Kernaghan, Ray kernaghan

SimplifiedD · G · A · Em

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Country music singers have
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always been a real close family
A 
But lately some of my kinfolk
D 
have disowned a few others and me
I guess it's because I kinda
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Em 
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changed my direction
A 
Lord, I guess I went and
Em 
D 
broke that family tradition
We only wanna know, why do you drink?
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Ray, why do you roll the smoke?
A 
Why must you live out
D 
the songs that you wrote?
Over and over,
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everybody made my prediction
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So if I  get stoned,
Em 
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I'm just carrying on an old family tradition
D 
G 
I am very proud of my daddy's name
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All his kind of music,
Em 
D 
the violin ain't exactly the same
Stop and think it over,
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D 
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try and put yourself in my position
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If I  get stoned and sing all night long
D 
It's a family tradition
We only wanna know,
brave, why do you drink?
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Brave, why do you roll smoke?
A 
Why must you live out
D 
the songs that you wrote?
If I'm down in a honky -tonk

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Verse 2

old slicks trying to give me friction

Verse 3

I said, leave me alone,

I'm singing all night long

Verse 4

It's a family tradition

Interlude 1

Verse 5
D 
Lordy,
I have loved some ladies
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And I  have loved Jim B
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And they both tried to kill me
Em 
Back in 1973
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D 
When that doctor asked me
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Somehow'd you get in this condition
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I said, hey, cell phones
I'm just carrying on an
D 
old family tradition
We only wanna know
Ray, why do you drink?
G 
Ray, why do you roll smoke?
A 
Why must you live out
D 
the songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over
G 
Put yourself in our position
A 
So if we get stoned and sing all night long
D 
It's a family tradition you